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  1. Well, I've been experimenting mixing paints and it's a long and frustrating process... Too, using this site has become a pitb with all the warnings... But, this is what I have been able to come up with so far, halve of the sample has been oversprayed with a flat base; On the screen the colors might seem to be far off.. What I did was using a pic of the original which seemed to have a OK white balance. Some pictures I have of this jet look overall blue, but so does everything else in the picture, so telling me the jet was actually not that blue.. Even the test sample looks different on
  2. Working on a Mac using obviously Safari this site has become impossible to visit. Every single click results in a phishing warning page, even using the back button. Too, it is impossible to post anything(no for this message I logged in using a shitty windows pc)!!! So, leaves not more to do than say goodbye to this site till it has been fixed... Cheers, Daniel
  3. I love the faded looking paint job, specially on the upper parts!!! Nice to see a Finish Draken for once Daniel
  4. I love the paint job on this one, cool topic too!!! Daniel
  5. Very good looking Fagot, I love the paint job!! Daniel
  6. Wow, this thing is huge!!! I really like the progress so far, well done!! Daniel
  7. Many many thanks for the research Jackman!!!! Currently I'm painting a plastic plate black and will do some test shots later on! I might have to order some new paints, which will delay this project even more, but that doesn't really matter ;) I'm just happy I got some more colors to play with now, so thanks again!! Yes, I'll have to work the surfaces some more. Normally I do not work with primers and get surprised by the mistakes I made afterwards. The black did not help much either, so now once putting the camera on it I realize the kit does not look as nice as I thought it was... Thanks!
  8. Thanks for the effort Jack! That's exactly the reference chart I'm referring to (no idea where I got it from)! The blue's they printed come closer to the real thing than the FS numbers they are referring to :( The book 'Defenders of Nippon' gives the same FS numbers. If I translate the Mr.Color (as per Hasegawa's instructions) I come to this; Model Art book Hasegawa/Mr.Color FS35190 308 (90%) + 323 (10%) FS35193 308 (80%) + 314 (20%) FS35189 308 FS36375 (belly) 315 Mr.Color 308 is FS36375, Mr.Color 315 is FS16
  9. Well, I've started painting the F-4, and as said, this way of painting is new to me. It was quit time consuming getting the belly done! This is how I started off; And after a bit; I had to play quit a bit with thinning the paint and the pressure I used on the compressor. Too, I figured I have got to get a better feel and sense of handeling the paintbrush. Anyways, for my level of modeling I'm quit happy with the result so far; What I am not so happy with is the paints I've got for the camouflage; Maybe a bit confusing, but I thought to avoid any issues, I'd go with what Hasega
  10. I love it! Very nice build!! Daniel
  11. Thanks for your comments!! Thanks a lot, since I've already used it a lot on this, I'll finish what I've got left and make sure to stay away from it for the builds to come! I am not sure who build the Japanese pods, but looking at pics I cannot see any differences between the French pod and the Japanese (nor the one the Greeks use on their RF-4E's). What is different though is the pylon used. It's not the one that's used on the SLAR pod. For that reason I'm trying to modify the pylon using some F-5 leftovers. Looks a bit iffy on the pic, but got good hopes It'll turn into something rea
  12. This build is being continued over here. Thanks! Daniël
  13. I started this one in the Test Bird Group Build, but was not able to finish it time. Since the Group Build has been moved to the archive, it makes sense to post the final part of the build over here! I've never tried the technique of doing black base on which the camo is been sprayed. I always used to do pre- and post shading (often I did too much..). So why not give this a try!? I still have decals for an all over Black German F-4F, seeing this result makes me wanna build that one next ;) More to follow this evening! Thanks for watching! Daniël
  14. I love it, awesome looking rocket!!! Daniel
  15. Thanks Jens, that sounds like a good piece of advice! I would not say this thing is a putty eater, but can't say I'm pleased with all the fittings either.. Anyways, after some sanding stuff starts to look kinda smoother; The splitter plates lack detail, that's the reason I'm filling them and will rivet them once the putty has dried; Now I'm getting close to the point where I can start think about how to paint this fella; Thanks for watching!! Daniel
  16. Gluing the kit's main parts I came to the standard Hasegawa misfits; Indeed, the intakes. Instead of using super glue and trying to force things into position, I went chose to glue it as it came. Resulting in some gaps and poor fits, which had to be masked by sanding, filling and some more sanding.. Some for the underwing tanks, these I never get to fit perfectly, so glued them as best as I could, and used putty to make it look good;
  17. Well, I'm for sure not gonna finish this in time, though will not stop the project! So far I'm happy with the detail I could fit in here; Then it was time for some more filler, and less...sanding; Maybe not very visible, but after cutting te ailerons I did some riveting to add more detail. If anyone has a chart of F-4 rivets, I'd love to get a copy. Now I just used online pics and walkarounds as a reference. Next step is to glue it all together ;)/> edit; links to the pics fixed
  18. Welcome to the present. With the new generation of aircraft dogfight has already become a thing of the past. Let's assume you fly a F-22 or F-35 and have to dogfight; it means something went pretty wrong.. Just to make a statement every one can trip over; dogfight is a thing of the past ;)/> Daniël
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